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Uruguay · citizenship by descent

Uruguay — Nationality and Natural Citizenship by Descent

for Uruguay

Uruguayan nationality under Law 16.021 and natural citizenship under Law 19.362

No official national completion SLA statedGovernment processing
Uruguayan Civil Registry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular offices, Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil, and Corte Electoral for civic exerciseDecided by
Eligibility

Find out in a few questions — before you pay anything.

Pick Uruguay, answer questions about your line, and get an honest read. Free, no account, no card.

What this programme is

Uruguayan nationality under Law 16.021 and natural citizenship under Law 19.362

Government processing
No official national completion SLA stated
Decided by
Uruguayan Civil Registry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular offices, Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil, and Corte Electoral for civic exercise

The routes

Law 16.021 Article 2 — child of Uruguay-born parentParent

Nationality for a foreign-born child of a person born in Uruguay.

Government processing
No official national completion SLA stated
Decided by
Uruguayan Civil Registry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular offices, Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil, and Corte Electoral for civic exercise
Law 19.362 Article 1 — child of Law 16.021 nationalParent or grandparent

Natural citizenship for a foreign-born child of a person who receives nationality under Law 16.021 Article 2.

Government processing
No official national completion SLA stated
Decided by
Uruguayan Civil Registry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular offices, Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil, and Corte Electoral for civic exercise

These are the routes the programme itself records, with the figures it records against each. Nothing here is our estimate.

Most people find out the real problem isn’t the bloodline.

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Where are your ancestors from?Step 1 of 6
Uruguay
Citizenship by descent
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Documents

This is a real vault. Built from your line, not a template.

Every Uruguay case gets a document list built from that family's actual line. A marriage certificate appears only where a name actually changes; a death certificate only where the programme asks for one.

Documents · live
Uruguay · 4 requiredFixed set
Foreign birth certificate
You
Required
Uruguayan consular civil registration request
You
Required
Identity records for two adult witnesses
You
Required
Uruguayan birth certificate of grandparent
Your grandparent
Required
Birth certificate — route specific program requirement
Your parent
Conditional

Built from your line, not a template

If your case doesn’t need it, you never see it.

Ordered once, shared across the family

Your anchor ancestor’s records serve every relative applying on the same line. Family members see status. They never see the document.

Cost

What it actually costs, including the parts that aren't ours.

Our fee is $100 a person. Everything else goes to a government or a records office, at cost, never marked up.

Heritage Passport

$100 per person, one time. Whole dollars, no subscription.

Heritage Passport · per person$100

We do not publish a government fee for Uruguay yet. Rather than estimate one, we leave it out — you will see the real figure before anything is ordered.

Life in Uruguay

Some people want the passport. Some want the country.

If you're thinking about actually going, our sister platform covers what it costs to live in Uruguay, how residency works, and what the tax picture looks like.

Citizenship first, or country first

A Uruguay passport doesn’t require you to move. But if moving is the point, it’s worth knowing the numbers before you start a long paperwork process.

Same family, different destinations

Families frequently qualify for more than one country. The free check shows every path, so you can choose on the merits rather than on the one you happened to think of.

Programme facts on this page render from verified programme knowledge. Nothing here is estimated or invented.